Sanitary toothbrush holder and separator



March 1,1949. ANAT ET AL 2,463,055

SANITARY TOOTHBRUSH HOLDER AND SEPARATOR Filed Oct. 5 1946 IN VEN TORS JOSP/l PE M/Ay A ND REWG'GUE/P r/A/ Patented Mar. 1, 1949 OFFICE SANITARY TOOTHBRUSH HOLDER AND SEPARATOR Joseph Reganato, Jamaica, and Andrew G. Guertin, Long Island City, N. Y.

Application October 5, 1946, Serial No. 701,498

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a holder for individual tooth brushes of a family or other group, and one of the objects of the invention is the provision of a holder with a wall engaging housing section and a brush carrying section which is hinged to the wall engaging housing section to move the brushes to elevated display position, when the brush carrying section is opened, and to drop them to concealed and protected position when the brush carrying section is closed against the stationary housing section.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a construction of this type, which can be manufactured economically, installed without skill, and which will continue to render satisfactory service over a long period of active use by diiferent members of a family group or of any other group of persons who share common living facilities.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention comprises certain new and useful constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts, clearly described in the following specification, and fully illustrated in the drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view.

Fig, 2 is a bottom plan view.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view, showing the brush holding section in open position. I

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view, showing the brush holding section in closed position.

Fig. 5 is a similar view, showing the brush holding section in open position.

Referring to the drawings, which illustrate the invention, 5 designates a stationary housing section, which can be secured against a wall or other vertical support, and which includes the central rear wall 6 and the right and left side walls 1 and 8, disposed at about right angles to the rear wall 6.

Between the side walls I and 8 a brush carrying housing section 9 is disposed. This section is of approximately U-shaped construction, thus providing a central vertical wall In, a normally bottom wall II, and a top wall I2. The bottom wall II is pivotally secured by the trunnions l8 and I4 to the side walls I and 8, near the forward side edges and the bottom side edges of these walls, so that the top wall l2 will normally lie in a horizontal position with its inner edge disposed against the upper edge portion of the rear wall 6.

The bottom wall I! is not as wide as the top wall I 2, but is formed with a pendant flange I5 on its inner edge, which is provided with a series of slots or openings l6, which are located to extend through the bending line which joins the flange l5 to the bottom wall H. These slots are spaced apart from each other, and are adapted to receive the handles of individual tooth brushes.

5 The top wall 12 is provided with a handle l1, and when the brush carrying section 9 is swung on the trunnions l3 and M from the closed position shown in Fig. 4 to the open position shown in Fig. 5, the slotted flange IE will be raised, thus elevating all of the brushes which are supported "by their handles and brush heads on the bottom wall I I, so that any person may select the proper brush.

Partitions [8 separate the individual brushes 15 from each other on the bottom wall II, and thus prevent contamination. When the brush is returned to its proper receiving slot or opening the carrying section 9 may be returned to its closed position, when all of the brush heads will be covered and concealed, thus protecting them from free dust.

The two housing sections may be constructed of transparent plastic or other material, or may be constructed of rust protected metal.

It is understood that various changes in the details of construction, their combination, and arrangement, may be made, within the scope of the invention, set forth in the claim hereof.

Having described the invention, we claim as new:

A tooth brush holder, comprising a stationary housing member having parallel end walls disposed in vertical planes, a brush carrying housing section having a top and a bottom wall and a vertical front wall connecting said top and bottom walls to each other, the bottom wall being pivotally secured to the lower and forward end portions of the end walls of the housing member, the bottom wall having a series of brush receiving openings, and a series of parallel partitions on said bottom wall separating said openings from each other.

JOSEPH REGANATO. ANDREW G. GUERTIN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,669,143 Pocock May 8, 1928 1,866,001 Amelotte July 5, 1932 2,231,505 Meyerson Feb. 11, 1941 

